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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Styron, what is the touchstone of depression?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Loss.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Support.

2. Which novel character does Styron compare himself with?
(a) Emma Bovary from "Madame Bovary."
(b) Captain Ahab from "Moby Dick."
(c) Lennie from "Of Mice and Men."
(d) Rhett Butler from "Gone With the Wind."

3. How does Styron describe his recovery from depression?
(a) He says he wasn't sure he was cured.
(b) He says he was suddenly ecstatic.
(c) He says it was a slow, painful process.
(d) He says he suddenly felt like a body with sweet bodily juices flowing through him.

4. How long does Styron have to stay in the hospital?
(a) A month.
(b) Seven weeks.
(c) Almost a year.
(d) Two weeks.

5. What reason does Styron give for taking the prescribed medicines without question?
(a) He was too depressed to notice.
(b) He was told the medicine was harmless.
(c) His doctor threathened the hospital if he didn't take it.
(d) He didn't know anything about the medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are late afternoons so distressing to Styron?

2. What is Styron's avoidance of death due to?

3. What does Styron call the condition of the person suffering unrelenting depression?

4. What does the depression and sense of hopelessness cause Styron to do?

5. What does he think about art therapy?

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